Dr. E. LaBrent Chrite will become the seventh president of Bethune-Cookman University, following a national search. He will take office effective July 1, 2019.
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Students from Florida A&M University (FAMU) took second place in the MuniMod competition in Orlando. The team’s winning product was “Accru,” an application dedicated to matching interested local businesses with city-owned vacant property. Working with local development departments and redevelopment agencies, this proposed database will use multiple mediums to connect businesses and the public at large with vacant municipal properties. The University of West Florida took first place in the competition. FAMU took home a second-place prize of $5,000.
Retired San Francisco Firefighter/Paramedic Michael Estrada believes he was a victim of paramedic brutality. He says he recently summoned 911 to his residence for help after he was overcome with pain from a back-muscle spasm that made it difficult to stand to his feet.
Broward County and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau are excited to announce that the project to expand the Broward County Convention Center and add a new four diamond Headquarters Hotel in Fort Lauderdale has officially be-gun. This phased project began with a demolition event at the Portside Center today and will follow a schedule of construction activities into 2023. After years of planning a larger and more advanced Convention Center, the project is now in motion.
She’s set to launch a fashion label with French luxury goods group Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton (LVMH), making her the first woman and first woman of color to lead a house under the LVMH brand.
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Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Miami Gardens Mayor Oliver Gilbert III and former Los Angeles Raiders Tackle Henry “Killer” Lawrence are among 16 alumni lauded for their outstanding service and distinguished careers.
On Friday morning, May 10, ten outstanding men and women were honored by induction into the Broward Senior Hall of Fame.
Floridians expect and deserve to know that state and federal officials are taking proper precautions to safeguard the integrity of election systems. As a perennial election battleground state, we know that we are and will remain a target. New revelations that not one, but two Florida county election systems were breached by Russian hackers during the 2016 election cycle raise serious concerns that must be addressed by state officials and the U.S. Congress.
Broward County Library’s Marketing, Publicity & Communications Team won the 2019 Florida Library Association (FLA) Excellence in Marketing and Public Relations Award. This statewide recognition was awarded for the team’s successful campaign to increase awareness and usage of the library’s electronic resources including music, movies, TV shows and eBooks.